The [http://stellarium.org stellarium.org home page] contains links to the latest official releases for Windows, Mac OS, and a source package for Linux. The files themselves are hosted on Stellarium's project page at SourceForge.net:

The [http://stellarium.org stellarium.org home page] contains links to the latest official releases for Windows, Mac OS, and a source package for Linux. The files themselves are hosted on Stellarium's project page at SourceForge.net:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/stellarium/files/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/stellarium/files/

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As of January 2011, the latest version is '''0.10.6'''. Direct links:

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As of September 2012, the latest version is '''0.11.4'''. Direct links:

If you are running Ubuntu, a Stellarium package exists in the Ubuntu repositories. It can be installed either through the '''Software Center''', or through a terminal with the following command:

If you are running Ubuntu, a Stellarium package exists in the Ubuntu repositories. It can be installed either through the '''Software Center''', or through a terminal with the following command:

sudo apt-get install stellarium

sudo apt-get install stellarium

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===Stellarium PPA===

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====Stellarium Releases PPA====

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As the Stellarium release schedule does not follow closely the Ubuntu release schedule, often the Stellarium version in Ubuntu's repositories is not the latest one. Stellarium's team provides a Launchpad PPA (personal package archive) that allows Ubuntu users to obtain the latest released version.

As the Stellarium release schedule does not follow closely the Ubuntu release schedule, often the Stellarium version in Ubuntu's repositories is not the latest one. Stellarium's team provides a Launchpad PPA (personal package archive) that allows Ubuntu users to obtain the latest released version.

The page of the PPA in Launchpad is here: [https://launchpad.net/~stellarium/+archive/stellarium-releases Stellarium Ubuntu Releases].

The page of the PPA in Launchpad is here: [https://launchpad.net/~stellarium/+archive/stellarium-releases Stellarium Ubuntu Releases].

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As of January 2011, it contains packages of '''Stellarium 0.10.6''' for Ubuntu 10.04 ('''Lucid Lynx''') and Ubuntu 10.10 ('''Maverick Meerkat''').

To install the packages from this PPA, you need to add it to your system's Software Sources. The PPA address is:

To install the packages from this PPA, you need to add it to your system's Software Sources. The PPA address is:

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ppa:stellarium/stellarium

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ppa:stellarium/stellarium-releases

You can add it either in the '''Software Center''' ("Edit" -> "Software Sources..." -> "Other software" -> "Add.."), or with a terminal, using the following commands:

You can add it either in the '''Software Center''' ("Edit" -> "Software Sources..." -> "Other software" -> "Add.."), or with a terminal, using the following commands:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium/stellarium

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stellarium/stellarium-releases

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install stellarium

sudo apt-get install stellarium

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=Unofficial Packages=

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====Daily Builds PPA====

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There is also a "daily builds" PPA that provides automatically built packages from the latest development code. It is updated once daily, or less often if there are no changes to the code.

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'''Warning:''' This is provided '''for testing purposes only'''. Nothing guarantees that the latest development code will be usable. Use it at your own risk! (Thankfully, Ubuntu makes removing packages easy.) For that reason, we don't provide detailed instructions for adding this PPA. If you don't know how to use a PPA, you shouldn't use this one.

The stellarium.org home page contains links to the latest official releases for Windows, Mac OS, and a source package for Linux. The files themselves are hosted on Stellarium's project page at SourceForge.net:

As the Stellarium release schedule does not follow closely the Ubuntu release schedule, often the Stellarium version in Ubuntu's repositories is not the latest one. Stellarium's team provides a Launchpad PPA (personal package archive) that allows Ubuntu users to obtain the latest released version.

There is also a "daily builds" PPA that provides automatically built packages from the latest development code. It is updated once daily, or less often if there are no changes to the code.

Warning: This is provided for testing purposes only. Nothing guarantees that the latest development code will be usable. Use it at your own risk! (Thankfully, Ubuntu makes removing packages easy.) For that reason, we don't provide detailed instructions for adding this PPA. If you don't know how to use a PPA, you shouldn't use this one.

Some people have problems with their browsers: the browser silently unpacks the gziped file. If you suffer from such a problem, just rename the downloaded file to TelescopeServerLx200.exe (or similar).

With version 0.10.5 the expanded telescope control plugin is now loaded and configured from the plugin section of the confugure menu (F2)